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Old 23rd Aug 2004, 07:41
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Foxcotte
 
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This particular PC12 was first "found" in Samburu lost and rescued by a PPL in a C182, and then headed gamely off to find an airstrip called "masai mara" - not knowing there are about 20 airstrips in this 30mile area all with different names! Ended up literally landing at one to ask directions in the middle (and crossing tracks, take off paths and landing aircraft) of peak traffic time!! Last heard of heading to Dar Es Salaam (sorry Percy!).

And as for slagging off fellow professional aviators - I'd rather say something cautionary now than wait to hear for another fatal CFIT! He was given considerable local help to help get him out of situations he should never have been in the first place!! Every time a visitor flies into one of our few mountains, our airspace is slated in the press as unsafe, and we get hammered with another rule, requirement, restriction or expensive addition to the equipment list.

Situational and positional awareness is something we should all have all the time - whether in a cheap homebuilt or a million dollar VIP bizjet. This guy was lucky, the last one wasn't - here's hoping this is at least a "heads up" to avoid being the next one!
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